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Diarrhoea deaths (vide pp. 73-76). No case of Cholera was
notified within the Borough during 1906, and no "contacts" nor
"suspects" were watched in connection with Asiatic Cholera
abroad.
No case of Plague, and no case of Cholera, were notified in
London during 1906.
DIPHTHERIA.
During 1906, 49 deaths were registered in the Borough of
Lambeth from Diphtheria, and a total of 415 cases notified, giving
a case-mortality of 11.8 per cent. Of the 415 cases notified,
332* (i.e., 80 per cent.) were removed to Hospital, and 38 died,
giving a case-mortality of 11.4 per cent, amongst the patients
treated in Hospital; whilst 83 (i.e., 20 per cent.) were treated
at home, and 12 died, giving a case-mortality of 14.5 per
cent, amongst the patients treated at home.
The case-mortality rate for the whole of the Borough of
Lambeth during 1900 is low, pointing to (1) the mildness of the
majority of cases notified, and (2) the great value of antitoxin
in the treatment of Diphtheria, especially in the very early
stages of the disease. †
The sudden decrease in the number of Diphtheria deaths
throughout the new Borough of Lambeth during 1906 is again
remarkable, as it was during 1905, 1904, 1903, 1902 and 1901,
and will be seen, on comparison with the yearly mortality average
of the 10 years (1891-1900) for the old Parish of Lambeth. This
yearly average is 128, so that during 1906 there has been a
decrease in the mortality-rate, in comparison, of 60 per cent.
So, too, if the number of notifications of Diphtheria received
* Of the 332 cases of Diphtheria removed to Hospital, 21 proved at
Hospital not to be suffering from that disease.
† 59 bottles of antitoxin have been gratuitously distributed in Lambeth
Borough during 1906 as compared with 74 during 1905.